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There seems to be no way to avoid them these days, everyone’s doing it, so pack your selfie-stick, your mirror, your pen for signing autographs, and let’s all go on an Ego Trip! Of course, I’ve added a few cautionary tales to the itinerary, and a few of these trips come in for a crash landing.

SONG TITLE / Artist / CD Or Album title

YOU’RE SO VAIN / Carly Simon / “Greatest Hits Vol. 1”

I’M HIP / Blossom Dearie / “Blossom Dearie 1975”

THE BEST THING FOR YOU / George Evans / “Live At The Cellar”

PEEL ME A GRAPE / Shirley Horn / “The Main Ingredient”

I BELIEVE IN YOU / Frank Sinatra & Count Basie / “It Might As Well Be Swing”

THE BEST IS YET TO COME / Delicatessen / “Goodnight Kiss”

A LOT OF LIVING TO DO / Sammy Davis / “Sammy Davis Jr. Belts The Best Of Broadway”

OLD WORLD CHARM / Maud Hixon / “Don’t Let A Good Thing Get Away”

IT NEVER ENTERED MY MIND / Mark Murphy / “Once To Every Heart”

YOU CAME A LONG WAY FROM ST. LOUIS / (Mystery Vocalist) / Tammy Grimes / “Tammy Grimes”

I BELIEVE SHE WAS TALKIN’ ABOUT ME / Kevin Mahogany & Randy Travis / “Another Time Another Place”

PAY SOME ATTENTION TO ME / Lena Jansson / “That Certain Feeling”

I’VE GOT YOUR NUMBER / Marc Pompe / “Monk’s Dream”

I FEEL PRETTY / Sophie Milman / “Sophie Milman”

YOU’RE BLASÉ / Stan Getz / “My Old Flame”

COMMON TOUCH / Nancy Kelly / “B That Way”

YOU’RE LOOKING AT ME / Nat King Cole / “After Midnight”

ON A SLOW BOAT TO CHINA / Morgana King / “This Is Always”

I CAN’T GET STARTED / Jamie Cullum / “Sunday Express Vol. 2”

YOU’LL SEE / Jackie Ryan / “Doozy”

WHEN IN ROME / Tina May / “A Wing & A Prayer”

BALLAD OF THE SAD YOUNG MEN / Johnny Hartman / “This One’s For Tedi”

PARIS MISMATCH / (Theme Music) / Cody Owen Stine

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Some people see the arrival of Spring as renewal, rebirth, renascence; and some people see it as the time for paying taxes, seasonal allergies, and, worst of all, the return of “America’s Got Talent.” I see it as a chance to play these great songs and singers.

My annualHalloween party, complete with “haunting” and “ghostlyæ Halloween songs, dancing, party games, and songs instead of candy for several trick or treaters who showed up wearing recognizable costumes.

You can’t watch TV or read a magazine without one or a gaggle of experts giving you advice about how to be your best self, or how to be happy. Has it worked for you? No, because you haven’t set the bar low enough. I’ve got some expert advice you can use!

Is that person who keeps saying the same thing over and over and over reciting his or her mantra or off his or her Lithium? Hard to tell. Whatever gets you through…hey, maybe that should be the universal mantra. Below are a sampling of others. You can’t go wrong with any of these songs or singers.

You can’t watch TV or read a magazine without one or a gaggle of experts giving you advice about how to be your best self, or how to be happy. Has it worked for you? No, because you haven’t set the bar low enough. I’ve got some expert advice you can use!